Ann Agee (b. 1959) is a leading member in a pioneering generation of feminist ceramicists who have brought the art form to the forefront of contemporary discourses on sculpture. Through her practice, Agee engages ambiguous delineations between fine art, design, and craft; histories of cultural appropriation and exchange; and the range of women’s lived experiences. She earned her BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 1981 and her MFA from the Yale School of Art in 1986. Her work has been included in notable group exhibitions, including 1994’s Bad Girls, the New Museum, NY; 2009’s Dirt on Delight, the Institute of Contemporary Art, PA and the Walker Art Center, MN; and 2008’s Conversations in Clay, the Katonah Art Museum, NY. In 2024, she was honored with Cooper Union’s Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award, previously having received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, among others. Her works are included in the permanent collections of notable institutions including the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; RISD Art Museum, Providence, RI; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Peréz Art Museum, Miami, FL; and Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL. Agee’s work was exhibited as part of To Begin Again: Artists and Childhood at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA and manifesto of fragility, the 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France. Her solo exhibition, Madonna of the Girl Child, at the Currier Museum, Manchester, NH, was on view in Spring 2025.